Runt handling data storage system
US10564890B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0688
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage system may have a number of data storage devices that each have a non-volatile memory connected to a memory buffer. The memory buffer can consist of a map unit having a predetermined size. In receipt of a data sector into the map unit of the memory buffer, the data sector may be identified as a runt with a runt module connected to the memory buffer and the non-volatile memory. The runt module can generate and subsequently execute a runt handling plan to fill the size of the map unit before storing the filled map unit in the non-volatile memory.
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